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Title: Breaking Away
or The Fortunes of a Student

Author: Oliver Optic

Illustrator: Kilburn

Release Date: August 29, 2007 [EBook #22433]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: BREAKING AWAY
AMERICAN
BOYS
SERIES]

THE STARRY FLAG SERIES,

BY OLIVER OPTIC.

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I. THE STARRY FLAG; OR, THE YOUNG FISHERMAN OF CAPE ANN.

II. FREAKS OF FORTUNE; OR, HALF ROUND THE WORLD.

III. BREAKING AWAY; OR, THE FORTUNES OF A STUDENT.

IV. SEEK AND FIND; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A SMART BOY.

V. MAKE OR BREAK; OR, THE RICH MAN'S DAUGHTER.

VI. DOWN THE RIVER; OR, BUCK BRADFORD AND HIS TYRANTS.

[Illustration: THE REBELLION IN THE PARKVILLE LITERARY
INSTITUTE.--Page 30.]

BREAKING AWAY;

OR,

THE FORTUNES OF A STUDENT.

BY

OLIVER OPTIC,

AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE ARMY AND NAVY STORIES,"
"THE WOODVILLE STORIES," "THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES,"
"THE RIVERDALE STORIES," ETC.

* * * * *

BOSTON:
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District
of Massachusetts.

* * * * *

COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY WILLIAM T. ADAMS.
_All rights reserved._

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BREAKING AWAY.

TO

MY YOUNG FRIEND,

_HARLAN H. BALLARD_,

This Book

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

PREFACE.

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"BREAKING AWAY" is the secon